Manitou Springs is a city of 5,060 in El Paso County, about 5 miles west of downtown Colorado Springs · Updated November 2026
Is Manitou Springs, CO safe?
Yes, crime in Manitou Springs is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Manitou Springs sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 877 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Manitou Springs as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Manitou Springs scores 877.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Manitou Springs, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Manitou Springs, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Manitou Springs
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Manitou Springs has 3.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
Crime rates and types in Manitou Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Manitou Springs has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% less than the US as a whole and 39% less than Colorado.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Manitou Springs, about 38% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Manitou Springs
Manitou Springs has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for vandalism.
How Manitou Springs compares with nearby cities
Manitou Springs has less crime than 4 of its 6 nearest cities; only Cascade and Air Force Academy have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Manitou Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Manitou Springs has more crime than 87% of them.
Shops, empty homes and walkability in Manitou Springs
Two things set Manitou Springs apart: it has 27.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 1.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.27.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 58% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 85% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.72% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 77% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Manitou Springs: D (14 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Manitou Springs
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Manitou Springs about $541 a year per household, 55% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $3.5 million a year, or $684 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$150,000
$29
Rape
$52,000
$10
Robbery
$15,000
$3
Assault
$420,000
$82
Burglary
$88,000
$17
Theft
$280,000
$56
Vehicle theft
$250,000
$50
Arson
$15,000
$3
Vandalism
$180,000
$36
Total
$1.5 million
$287
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Manitou Springs means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Manitou Springs, CO average a SchoolGrade of A: 50% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Manitou Springs on SchoolGrade
